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Bishop Thomas George Doran 1936-2016 ISSN: 0029-7739 $ 1.00 per copy THE BSERVER OOfficial Newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Rockford Volume 81 | No. 38 http://observer.rockforddiocese.org FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 Bishop Thomas George Doran 1936-2016 “… Well done, my good and faithful servant … Come, share your master’s joy.” — Matthew 25:23 2 | FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 | The Observer Don’t Miss Bishop Doran Bishop The Observer (ISSN 0029- 7739), is published weekly, Malloy’s Leaves Legacy of except fi ve times a year by the Diocese of Rockford, TV Messages BY BISHOP 555 Colman Center Dr., P.O. Box 7044, Rockford, IL 61125 DAVID J. Phone: 815/399-4300; Fax Weekday Refl ection MALLOY Love for Faith 815/399-6225. (about 6:58 a.m.) Periodical postage paid at on WREX-TV, Channel 13, s the cover of The Observer this week during the Second Vatican Council and through Rockford, Ill., and additional Rockford solemnly proclaims, Bishop Thomas the aftermath that is such a touchstone for our faith mail offi ces. Doran, the eighth Bishop of the in the 21st century. Diocese of Rockford, passed away The lifetime of Bishop Doran has seen many POSTMASTER: send address Top o’ the changes to , 555 on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 1. He was changes in the lives of priests. Many of his The Observer A Colman Center Dr., P.O. Box Morning 80 years of age and had for some time been in contemporaries were shaken by these challenges 7044, Rockford, IL 61125 declining health. and left their ministry. Thomas Doran never with In a press interview following the doubted. To know Bishop Doran was to sense For ADVERTISING information: announcement of his passing, I was asked, “What the intensity of the love for the gift of the Contact The Observer at the is the legacy of Bishop Doran?” Because he priestly calling that he had received. He loved address above or call 815/399- Bishop 4300; fax 815/399-6225, was such an important part of the history of the celebrating Mass and doing so reverently and Email: kmccarthy@ Malloy Diocese of Rockford, that question is a good one. precisely. Before his fi nal decline in health, he rockforddiocese.org. Listen to archives anytime at Bishop Doran was characterized by three treasured the opportunity to celebrate morning Send NEWS information to The http://observer.rockfo rddiocese.org. great infl uences: his love for his Catholic faith, Mass and hear confessions at nearby Holy his love for the priesthood, and his love for Family Parish in Rockford. Observer at the address or fax Click on Bishop Malloy on the top left number above; send email to his native soil in the city and the Diocese of Bishop Doran viewed his priesthood as side of the page. Observer@rockforddiocese. Rockford. a modern extension of the calling in the org; or fi ll out a form at Brought to you by Bishop Doran was brought up in and Gospels that Jesus made to the Apostles. Savant Capital Management http://observer.rockforddiocese. Fitzge rald Funeral Homes embraced the Catholic faith from his childhood. That understanding was strengthened by his org/contact-us. Illinois Bank & Trust He was a product of the excellent Catholic calling to serve as a bishop. For that reason, Subscription rate $28.00 per Rick Wang Financial education tradition that continues today. He Bishop Doran demonstrated a great love for the Diocesan Offi ce of year (48 issues); Canadian attended St. James Pro-Cathedral Grade School universal Church. He loved the Church in its and Pan American $29; other Communications and Publications in Rockford, Campion High School in Prairie history. He loved the universal nature of the The Observer foreign: surface mail $37, air Offi ce of Charitable Giving, du Chien, Wis. and St. Pius X Seminary in Church, especially as he worked at the Vatican mail $97; single copies $1. Diocese of Rock ford Dubuque. His Catholic formation then moved for years. And because of that, he loved the to his studies at the Pontifi cal North American offi ce of the Successor of St. Peter, the Pope. The Observer Online digital subscriptions are also available. College in Rome prior to ordination as a priest. Bishop Doran was always deeply proud to These studies and the practice of the faith, have been from the Diocese of Rockford. Born Publisher: especially the reception of the sacraments, and raised in the city itself, his life, faith and Most Reverend David J. Malloy formed in Bishop Doran an unshakeable love for vision were impacted by the history, the people Editor: Penny Wiegert Jesus Christ and for the Church He established. and the upper-Midwestern culture that we all News Editor: Amanda Hudson They also rooted in Bishop Doran a great know so well. He knew the burden, often the desire that other young people should have lonely burden, of serving as Bishop. But there Features and Multimedia the same blessing of Catholic education. He is no place he would have more wished to off er Editor: Sharon Boehlefeld taught religion at St. Edward Central Catholic his sacrifi ce than the Diocese of Rockford. Circulation/Proofreading: High School, was assistant principal at Boylan One of the Spiritual Works of Mercy Susan Sabrowski, Keith Central Catholic High School, and he served for entrusted to us in this life is to pray for the Ludolph a time as Diocesan Director of Education. dead. We ask God for the fi nal purifi cation Wednesday Refl ection As Bishop, he was a great supporter of our and full union with Christ in joy of those who Accounting: Jill Bonk during the Spanish Catholic schools. And he was particularly have gone from us. For all that he has done for Advertising and Marketing: the Church, for the diocese, the faithful and Kevin McCarthy newscast (5:30-6 p.m.) concerned that they should be tools of formation in the Catholic identity of the next generation. His the clergy of Rockford, please pray for Bishop on My Network TV, Production and Web own intellectual giftedness led him to a vision Thomas Doran. He has given much and now Administrator: Gary Haughton Channel 17.2, Rockford of Catholic schools that demonstrated academic merits our grateful intercession. excellence second to none, but all in the service of We pray that, having laid down the cross Contributing Writers: Father Minuto de the one thing that matters: eternal life with Christ given to him, he is hearing the words that Jesus Kenneth Wasilewski, Father in heaven. foretold for the faithful, “Well done, my good Keith Romke, Keith Ludolph, Meditación Bishop Doran served as a priest for nearly 55 and faithful servant. … Come, share your Lynne Conner, Father Ronald Rolheiser, Tony Carton, Listen to archives anytime on years. Ordained in 1961, he lived his priesthood master’s joy” (Mt. 25: 21). Pat Szpekowski, Margarita Facebook at Diócesis de Rockford Mendoza, Louise Brass, Patrick and Periódico El Observador, or on Winn Twitter, @DiocesisRockfor Publication Dates: Weekly Brought to you by except that in 2016 there will be Savant Capital Management Diocesan Offi ce of no issues on Jan. 1, April 29, Communications and Publications July 29, Sept. 30 and Dec. 30. El Observador News Deadlines: Usually, 10 days before publication date. Or His Column Ad Deadlines: Usually, 10 Weekly in days before publication date. Offi cial information on the poli- cies, activities, and positions THE of the Diocese of Rockford is released only in the pages of The Observer, or in state- OBSERVER ments from the Diocesan Offi ce of Communications and Subscribe Publications. The Observer uses recycled paper and is recyclable. Today! Our Mission is the mission of the Church itself — to Select print, digital or spread the Gospel through both for just (Observer le photo) contemporary means of Bishop David Malloy (left) and the late Bishop Emeritus Thomas G. Doran sit side-by-side at the press con- $28 per year. communications. ference the day Bishop Doran announced that then-Msgr. Malloy would be his successor as the ninth bish- Call 815/399-4300, op of Rockford. Member of: ext. 383 or go online at http://observer. rockforddiocese.org Read Pope Francis’s column on page 14. Headliners The Observer | FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 | 3 Official Appointments Bishop Doran Dies Sept. 1 The Rev. Steven P. Clarke — Parochial Administrator of St. Joseph Parish, Harvard, Illinois, Funeral Mass to Be Sept. 9 at Cathedral of St. Peter by decree of The Most Rever- end Diocesan Bishop, has been ROCKFORD—Bishop served as director of religious He served the Holy See until incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Rockford, effective Emeritus Thomas George education and assistant princi- his appointment as Bishop of Aug. 25, 2016. Doran, D.D., J.C.D., died peace- pal at Boylan Central Catholic Rockford on April 19, 1994. The Rev. Jorge Lozano — to fully at his residence in Pres- High School in Rockford and He was ordained and in- be Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph ence Cor Mariae, Rockford, served on the diocesan College stalled the eighth Bishop of the Parish, Elgin, effective Thursday, on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. He of Consultors. Rockford Diocese on June 24, Sept. 1, 2016. was 80 years old. In 1976 he was named Of- 1994, by Cardinal Joseph Ber- Given at the Chancery, Aug. 31, 2016 Bishop Doran was born on ficialis of the Diocesan Tribu- nardin of Chicago. Feb. 20, 1936, in Rockford, to nal and pursued post-graduate As the leader of the 11-coun- Inside Robert J. and Gretchen (Durst) studies in Canon Law in Rome, ty diocese, Bishop Doran over- Doran.
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